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Ana Atallah
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Pamela McDonald
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Dora Grunwald
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Shanelle Irani
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- Publications:
Book Review: Sundra Rajoo, Law, Practice and Procedure of Arbitration in India (2021), Journal of International Arbitration; The Group of Companies Doctrine - Assessing the Indian Approach, Indian Journal of Arbitration Law; Made in India? Should Parties be Choosing India as their Seat of Arbitration?, Lexology; Vodafone, India and their ‘taxing’ relationship, International Bar Association; The Indian Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act and its prospective applicability – conflicting judicial interpretation, International Bar Association; Is the Introduction of Interim Relief: A Relief?, Lexology;
- Education:
B.L.S. LL.B, Government Law College, Mumbai; LL.M., Georgetown University Law Centre
- Firm Country:
United Kingdom
- Speaking Engagements:
· Dubai Arbitration Week, 2024: “Arbitration’s Judicial Ally: How Courts Shape Interim Measures in India, UK, and DIFC.”
· India ADR Week, 2024: “India’s Unprecedented Ascent: Managing Legal and Economic Risks in a Changing World Order.”
· Delhi Arbitration Weekend, 2024: “Joinder of Non-Signatories in Arbitration Proceedings: Analysing the ‘Group of Companies’ Doctrine - Perspectives from India, the UK and Singapore.”
. London International Disputes Week, 2024: Fireside chat with Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Hima Kohli and Gary Born.
· Delhi Arbitration Weekend, 2024: Mock cross-examination in a session on “Strategic Considerations while Deploying Experts and Tips on Effective Cross Examination.”
· National Law School Trilegal International Arbitration Conference (NLSTIAC), 2023: “Challenging Awards Based on the Tribunal’s Treatment of Evidence – UK, Singapore and India.”
· Webinar hosted by Singapore Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (SG VYAP) and the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC), Hyderabad, 2023: “Tribunal Secretaries Demystified.”
· London International Disputes Week, 2023: “This house believes that London is still the best arbitral seat for Indian disputes.”
· Webinar hosted by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and WilmerHale, 2021: “Third Parties in International Arbitration.”
- Jurisdiction:
India, United Kingdom
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration
- Legal System:
Common Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Indian
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency
- Language(s):
Gujarati, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient
- Language(s):
Hindi, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient
- Language(s):
Marathi, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational
London, GB
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Yukta Joshi
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Antonia Birt
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Nadia Osborne
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- Firm Country:
United Kingdom
- Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom
- Type of Practitioner:
Lawyer
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Insolvency, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Sales - Purchases
- Legal System:
Common Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
British
London, GB
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Bethan Heathcote
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Elena Burova
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- Publications:
09/2024
Recognition and Enforcement of Court Judgments in the UAE // LGP News
03/2024
Investor-State Dispute Settlement. Enforcement of Investment Arbitral Awards //
International Investment Law, Astana, 2024
03/2023
Diversity and Intersectionality in International Arbitration: Where Do We Stand? // IPBA Journal
01/2021
International Arbitration Comparative Guide, Chapter on Russia// Mondaq 2021
06/2020
Investment Arbitration as a Two-Lane Highway: Counterclaims by States against Investors in Light of the Recent Arbitral Practice and New Generation Investment Treaties // New Horizons of International Arbitration. Issue 6: Collection of Articles
08/2019
Regional Guide to International Arbitration, Chapter on Russia // ICLG 2019
09/2018
Is There Such a Thing as Admissibility in Investment Arbitration? // ICSID Review
07/2018
How Final Is Final: Waiver of the Right to Annul Arbitral Awards in National legislation and Practice of National Courts // Czech (& Central European) Yearbook of Arbitration
06/2018
The Wind of Change: Deliberating Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement // Zakon
11/2017
Counterclaims in Investor-State Disputes: Finding Balance in Investment Arbitration // Review of International Commercial Arbitration
09/2017
Institutional Arbitration à la Russe: What Makes It Special? // CDR
12/2016
SCC Practice Note on Challenges to Arbitrators (2013-2015) // SCC
- Firm Country:
United Arab Emirates
- Jurisdiction:
Russian Federation, United Arab Emirates
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator, Counsel, Expert
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Public international Law
- Legal System:
Civil Law, European Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Russian
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
Russian, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
French, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
- Language(s):
Spanish, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
DubaiVienna, AE
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Agustina Alfaro
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Meagan Bachman
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Rita Gouveia
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Monika Diehl
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Rebecca Hilton
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Dana MacGrath
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- State Contact:
NY
- Other Relevant Experience:
Litigation finance; international arbitration; international litigation; U.S. judicial enforcement of arbitration awards
- Publications:
“Mute Off Thursdays Celebrates its First Anniversary on 15th April 2021!” ArbitralWomen News Page – April 2021 “Launch of Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers (REAL)” ArbitralWomen News Page – December 2020 “Launch of the ERA Pledge Corporate Guidelines!” ArbitralWomen News Page – November 2020 “Circuit Split on 28 U.S.C. § 1782: Are U.S. Courts Trending Against Discovery for Foreign Private Arbitrations?” Kluwer Arbitration Blog – October 2020 “Second Circuit Rules in Hanwei Guo that Section 1782 Does Not Apply to Private Commercial Arbitrations” ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin, Issue 3 – 2020 “Third-Party Funding and Covid-19” Chapter 10 of International Arbitration and the Covid-19 Revolution, Kluwer International – October 2020 “The Launch of Mute Off Thursdays – Virtual Networking and Knowledge-Exchange for Women in Arbitration” ArbitralWomen News Page – May 2020 “Response by the European Commission on “CETA Arbitrator Roster – Where Are the Women?” ArbitralWomen News Page – May 2020 “Necessary Change: Planning Past Bias Through the ArbitralWomen Diversity Toolkit™” ArbitralWomen News Page – May 2020 “Several Firsts for the 2020 Vis East Moot (Virtual Vis East – VVE)” ArbitralWomen News Page – April 2020 “CETA List of Arbitrators – Where are the Women?” ArbitralWomen News Page – January 2020 “Increased Transparency in Arbitrator Appointment Procedures in Commercial Arbitrations” Practical Law Arbitration Blog – April 25, 2018 “Landmark Decision on Arbitral Immunity: The Risk of Sanctions for Lawsuits Against Arbitrators” Alternatives, Vol. 33 No. 9 – October 2015 “Arbitration of International Commercial Disputes” Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel – Robert L. Haig, ed. – 2015 “Does A Private International Arbitration Fall Within ‘Foreign or International Tribunal’ in 28 U.S.C. § 1782? Practice Pointers for Seeking Discovery in Aid of Arbitration after Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,” American Arbitration Association Yearbook on Arbitration and the Law, Juris Publishing, Inc. – 2011
- Education:
J.D., New York University School of Law (New York USA) B.A., Middlebury College (Vermont USA)
- Other Information:
Dana MacGrath is an independent arbitrator with more than two decades of experience in international dispute resolution. Her unique mix of experience includes serving as an arbitrator, arbitration practitioner, and in-house counsel in arbitration finance. Most recently, Dana served as Legal Counsel and Investment Manager at Omni Bridgeway, a leading global litigation and arbitration finance company. In this role, she led arbitration investments out of the United States while also serving as an independent arbitrator. Prior to joining Omni Bridgeway, Dana was a partner in the international arbitration group at Sidley Austin LLP. Previously, she served as an international arbitration practitioner and arbitrator at Allen & Overy LLP and O’Melveny & Myers LLP. She started her legal career in the litigation department at Sullivan & Cromwell. Dana’s high-stakes international arbitration matters have involved a variety of businesses and industries, among them oil and gas, LNG, energy, construction, finance, telecommunications, intellectual property, construction, sale of goods, and international investments. She has also represented parties regarding the enforceability of arbitration agreements and arbitral awards under the New York Convention, disputes regarding forum selection and choice of law clauses, sovereign immunity, arbitral immunity, and discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782. Dana has been recognized as a leader in international arbitration in various directories including Chambers USA – Nationwide – International Arbitration and Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration. She has also been recognized in the field of arbitration finance in various directories including Leaders League – Arbitration Finance and LawDragon: Global 100 Leaders in Legal Finance. Dana is active within the international arbitration field across arbitral institutions and organizations. She is on the Council of the AAA-ICDR, co-chairs the AAA Large Complex Case Committee, and is a member of the AAA Nominating and Governance Committee. Dana is also an active member of the CPR Arbitration Committee. Previously she served as Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and as co-chair of the CPR Institute Arbitration Rules Revision Committee that revised CPR’s domestic and international arbitration rules. Additionally, Dana served on the ICC Commission on Arbitration Task Force on Reducing Time and Cost in Complex Arbitration and the ICC Commission on Arbitration Task Force on National Rules of Procedure for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards Pursuant to the New York Convention of 1958. Dana is a committed leader in the diversity and inclusion space. She has been President of the Board of Directors of ArbitralWomen since 2018, having joined the Board in 2016. She is also on the Global Steering Committee of the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge, and on the Global Steering Committee of Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers. She is also on the Advisory Board of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative and the North American Committee for the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations. Dana regularly speaks and writes on international arbitration issues. She co-authored a chapter on Covid-19 and Third-Party Funding published by Kluwer International in 2020, and several articles on recent case law regarding U.S. discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 in aid of foreign arbitrations. She has long served as an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School teaching a seminar on international commercial arbitration and coaching the Brooklyn Vis Moot team. Dana received her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her B.A., cum laude, from Middlebury College. She is a member of the New York Bar. She is fluent in English and proficient in French, having majored in French at Middlebury and lived in Paris for a year. *Disclaimer: Attorney Advertising*
Litigation finance; international arbitration; international litigation; U.S. judicial enforcement of arbitration awards
- Firm Country:
United States
- Type of Practitioner:
Arbitrator
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining
- Nationality/Nationalities:
American
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
French, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
NewYork, NY, US
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Dr Henriette Sigmund
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- State Contact:
Hesse
- Publications:
Inter alia recently on mediation: https://legal.pwc.de/en/news/articles/the-potential-of-mediation-in-germany-or-the-forgotten-costs-of-the-litigious-avenue
- Education:
Study of law in Heidelberg (Germany), Geneva (Switzerland) and Frankfurt a.M. (Germany)
PhD in law & economics at House of Finance, Frankfurt a.M. (Germany)
Practicing as lawyer, arbitrator and mediator in Frankfurt a.M. (Germany): Associate at law firm Gleiss Lutz; Senior Associate at arbitration boutique Busse Disputes; Manager at law firm PwC Legal
Weinstein JAMS International Fellowship (2024)
- Firm Country:
Germany
- Speaking Engagements:
Inter alia recently at DIS autumn conference 2024 in Berlin (Germany), at Petersberg Arbitration Days 2024 in Königswinter (Germany), at Solidarity Arbitration and Mediation Days in Warsaw (Poland) 2022
- Practice Areas:
Antitrust Law, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Corporate Law
- Legal System:
Civil Law, European Law, International Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
German
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
German, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
French, Speaking Proficiency:
Proficient, Professional Proficiency:
Testify orally, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
Italian, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
FrankfurtaM, Hesse, DE
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Francesca Petronio
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Tameka Davis
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- State Contact:
Tortola
- Publications:
State immunity and arbitration in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), LexisNexis PSL Arbitration Practice Notes
The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2021 – British Virgin Islands – Litigation
Offshore Cases
New York Convention provisions on stay trump BVI Arbitration Act, LexisNexis PSL Arbitration (Module), 2016
The Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards in the British Virgin Islands, LexisNexis PSL Arbitration (Module), 2014
What Happens in the Meantime: Interim Measures Under the BVI Arbitration Act, 2013, BVI Finance Newsletter, September 2014
BVI Chapter of the European Lawyer Reference Series of International Civil Fraud Jurisdictional comparisons, December 2013
Professional Directors Duties in BVI Companies, INSOL World, Fourth Quarter 2013
Registered Agents: More than Mere Onlookers, The Lawyer, April 2011
- Education:
University of London, LLM (specialising in Company and Commercial Law)
Advanced Certificate in International Arbitration, 2013
Norman Manley School of Law, Legal Education Certificate (LEC), 2005
BPP School of Law, Bar Vocational Course (BVC), 2003
Holborn College, LL.B (Hons), Award for Best Average, 2002
Lincoln’s Inn Sir Thomas More Scholarship, 2002
University of the West Indies Faculty of Arts and Humanities Award for Outstanding Performance, 1999
United World College, Academic Scholarship
- Firm Country:
Virgin Islands, British
- Jurisdiction:
Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Hong Kong
- Type of Practitioner:
Counsel
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Insolvency
- Legal System:
Common Law
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Chinese, Jamaican, Saint Lucian
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
Chinese Traditional, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
Chinese Traditional, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Road Town, Tortola, VG
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Angela Arpaia
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- Firm Country:
Spain
- Type of Practitioner:
Expert, Forensic Consultant
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Audiovisual - Media, Construction - Engineering, DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board), Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, ODR (Online dispute resolution), Oil - Gas - Mining
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Italian, Venezuelan
Madrid, ES
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Ria Abichandani
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- State Contact:
DC
- Education:
2020, CFA Charterholder
2016, BSc in Finance and Economics, New York University – Leonard N. Stern School of Business
- Firm Country:
United States
- Type of Practitioner:
Expert
- Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Energy - Natural Resources, Finance - Banking, Oil - Gas - Mining
- Nationality/Nationalities:
Indian
- Select Languages:
- Language(s):
English, Speaking Proficiency:
Native Fluency, Professional Proficiency:
Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
- Language(s):
Hindi, Speaking Proficiency:
Conversational, Professional Proficiency:
Understand written documents
Washington, DC, US
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